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spiculum

American  
[spik-yuh-luhm] / ˈspɪk yə ləm /

noun

Zoology.

plural

spicula

  1. a small, needlelike body, part, process, or the like.

spiculum British  
/ ˈspɪkjʊləm /

noun

  1. another word for spicule

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Etymology

Origin of spiculum

1740–50; < Latin spīculum; spicule

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Rossiter in this autumn of 1917 was extremely interested in certain crucial experiments he was making with spiculum in sponge-cells; with scleroblasts, "mason-cells," osteoblasts, and "consciousness" in bone-cells.

From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir

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